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Aldehydes & Ketones

  • Acetal Formation
  • Glucose Ring Formation
  • Glycoside Bond Formation
  • Imine Formation
  • Formation of Transaminase-PLP Schiff Base
  • Transaminase
  • Formation of Schiff Base - Transaldolase with S7P
  • Enamine Formation
  • Cyanohydrin Formation
  • Kilani-Fischer Synthesis
  • Oxidation of Aldehydes & Ketones
  • GAP Dehydrogenase
  • Tollens' Test
  • Reduction of Aldehydes & Ketones
  • β-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase
  • Keto-Enol Tautomerism
  • Triose Phosphate Isomerase
  • Ribulose-5-Phosphate Epimerase and Isomerase
  • Pyruvate Carboxylase
  • Imine-Enamine Tautomerism
  • Transketolase
  • Transaldolase
  • Aldol Addition
  • Aldolase

Alcohols

    Oxidation of Alcohols
  • Malate Dehydrogenase
  • SN1 Substitution of Alcohols
  • SN2 Substitution of Alcohols
  • Mesylates and Tosylates
  • Glycogen Synthase
  • Silyl Protecting Groups
  • DMT Protecting Group

Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

  • Acyl Substitution - Saponification
  • Acyl Substitution - Aminolysis
  • Acyl Substitution - Esterification of Anhydrides
  • Chymotrypsin
  • Acyl CoA Synthetase
  • Triglyceride Synthesis
  • Nitrile Hydrolysis
  • Reduction of Carboxylic Acids
  • HMG-CoA Reductase
  • Decarboxylation of a β-Keto Acid
  • Decarboxylation of an α-Keto Acid by α-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase
  • Formation-and-Use-of-a-Carboxylate-Nucleophile
  • Glutamine-Synthetase
  • Lactones & Lactams
  • Inhibition of Transpeptidase by Penicillin

Phenols

    Quinol-Quinone Oxidation-Reduction
  • Reduction of Ubiquinone by Succinate Dehydrogenase

Heterocyclics

    Reduction of NAD+
  • Reduction of Flavin

Organic Phosphorus Compounds

    Phosphoryl Transfer
  • Hexokinase
  • UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase

Pathways

    Glycolysis
  • Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Mechanism
  • Citric Acid Cycle
  • Gluconeogenesis
  • Pentose Phosphate Pathway
  • Triglyceride Breakdown & Fatty Acid Oxidation
  • Urea Cycle